ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,382,853, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Oregon Tool Inc. (Portland, Ore.).
"Clutched driveline for wings on flex wing cutter" was invented by Brandon Joel Marquardt (Portland, Ore.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tractor implement configured to be towed by a tractor includes a gearbox comprising an input shaft and an output shaft, a mechanical clutch coupled to the gearbox, an actuator coupled to the mechanical clutch, and a driveline coupled to the gearbox via the mechanical clutch. The actuator is controllable to move the mechanical clutch to selectively engage and disengage the output shaft with the driveline."
The patent was fi...